{"product_id":"raappana-saara-myrene-chamber-afpb","title":"Raappana, Saara Myrene: Chamber After Chamber","description":"\u003cp\u003eJuniper Prize for Poetry, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: April 1, 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003ci\u003eChamber after Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e is about what fractures, fixes, and refills the hearts of two girls as they grow into women. A loose narrative in three sections, the poems follow a speaker and her cousin through their hardscrabble, backwoods childhood to their separation--both physical and emotional--as adults. From the make-believe apocalypses and cut-and-paste valentines of elementary school to the stadium-seating classrooms and multiplexes of southern China, our speaker tries to leave the shame and dysfunction of her family behind. In China, she begins to see America--and herself--clearly for the first time, and in doing so discovers that both her cousin and her country are inextricably woven into\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[her body] part that never sleeps the blood \u003cbr\u003e and chambered meat that's like a rock squeezed \u003cbr\u003e in a fist rapping its knuckles \u003cbr\u003e on the sweet door of the body.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40859044020247,"sku":"9781625347787","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/9781625347787.jpg?v=1705702557","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/raappana-saara-myrene-chamber-afpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}